Twitter accused of supporting Isis

The family of two men shot and killed in Jordan claimed Twitter contributed to their deaths by allowing Isis to sign up for and use Twitter accounts

A federal judge in San Francisco has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Twitter of supporting the Islamic State group.

The family of two men shot and killed in Jordan claimed that Twitter had contributed to their deaths by allowing the group to sign up for and use Twitter accounts. Twitter accused of supporting Isis

The judge agreed with Twitter that the company cannot be held liable because it wasnt the speaker of Isiss hateful rhetoric. Federal law protects service providers that merely offer platforms for speech, without creating the speech itself.

As horrific as these deaths were … Twitter cannot be treated as a publisher or speaker of Isiss hateful rhetoric and is not liable under the facts alleged, US district Judge William H Orrick wrote Wednesday.